The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown